Unit Test- Rocks, Minerals & Soil

The first layer of the soil profile. It is mostly made of decaying organic material like leaves and roots.

• soil profile

• non-living

• organic layer

• structural support

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When soil is lifted into the air which type of wind erosion is happening?

• creep

• saltation

• suspension

• eluviation

Acid rain would be which type of weathering

• physical

• chemical

What type of metamorphic rock contains parallel layers that can break apart?

• foliated

• organic

• mafic

• conglomerate

Moh's scale measures which mineral property?

• color

• luster

• streak

• hardness

Least reliable characteristic for the identification of minerals

• color

• luster

• streak

• hardness

The fourth layer of the soil profile. It is the material and rocks that are slowly disintegrating to form the soil.

• subsoil

• parent material

• erosion

• bedrock

The process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock fragments from one place to another.

• weathering

• soil profile

• gully

• erosion

The process of which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.

• organic

• mineral

• weathering

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A rock formed from material that has settled into layers; fossils are found most often in this type of rock.

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

• mineral

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1